12 Festive Songs That Probably Won’t Make The Airwaves This Christmas

By Martyn Grant / December 22, 2016

8. Good Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Dio Ft. Tony Iommi

Black Sabbath may seem like an odd ingredient for any Christmas playlist, but somehow the late-great Ronnie James Dio manages to merge his inimitable vocals with ye olde carol verse and heavy metal riffs to perfection in this sinister cocktail of foreboding festivity.

Teaming up with his old Sabbath axeman, the reunited team of Dio and Iommi put their own slant on tradition with this creepy Christmas carol; channelling their brooding Black Sabbath style to create the most eerily unholy hymn of all time.